Claudia Esteve
Claudia Esteve advocates for healing through connection, challenging mainstream psychiatry. She supports alternative approaches via JAEC, offering Open Dialogue, training, and scholarships, while promoting compassionate, community-based care so people feel less alone in their mental health journeys.
Claudia Esteve is a strong advocate for the healing power of family, community, and human connection. She believes that mental illness continues to be deeply misunderstood and stigmatized, and that the prevailing medical model of diagnosis and treatment often exacerbates rather than alleviates suffering.
She serves as a board member of Mad in America (USA) and sits on the advisory board of Inner Fire Healing Community in Vermont—the only medication-free residential program of its kind in the United States.
Claudia is certified by the Open Dialogue UK Foundation and is the founder of Asociación JAEC, based in Spain.
Through JAEC, she supports and promotes alternatives to the mainstream psychiatric system. The organization offers Open Dialogue for individuals and families, along with training, workshops, and professional supervision. It also provides scholarships for Open Dialogue specialization programs at the University of Almería.
JAEC fosters open and honest conversations about lived experience, personal meaning, and the resources that exist beyond conventional mental health care. Its mission is to ensure that those navigating psychiatric systems feel less alone and more supported in their journey.